On Feb 6, 10:11 am, Typhoon502 wrote:
On Feb 6, 8:14 am, Vince wrote:

If you are flying toilet paper and VIPs from protected base to protected
base you can make all kinds of claims about "taking it to war" and
"getting the job done".

But the claims are crap since toilet paper and VIP transport were not
the rationale for this extremely expensive truck

Yeah, they ought to go see if they can overfly Tehran.

You really are a dope, aren't you? "Screw operational common sense, if
you're not getting hit, you're not really fighting." I bet you think
they aren't real Marines if they're not charging in through the surf,
too.

The greetings committee for any overflight of Tehran. Overflight would
be a misnomer, ground inspection of the remains would be more
accurate. Remember the Iran-Contra Hawks?

AIRFORCE
SYSTEM Inventory
2005 2010

FIGHTER / ATTACK 302 302
F-4D/E / RF-4E PHANTOM 65 65
F-5E/F TIGER II 60 60
F-14 TOMCAT 25 25

F-7 (China J-7) 25 25
MiG-29A/UB 25 25

Su-25K 7 7
Su-24MK 30 30
Mirage F-1 25 25
MiG-23 FLOGGER 15 15

IIRC the Afghans knocked a similar sized box car the Hind out of the
air